Posts Tagged ‘gender’
Women courageous
Michael Page, Madeleine van der Steege and Diane Coetzer discuss the importance, and progress, of embedding gender equality into business education.
Read MoreWinter is…going? A gradual thaw in gender equality
Anna Ginès and Victoria Cochrane report on progress developing and implementing gender equality plans in business schools.
Read MoreMothers doing doctorates part-time – why do we make it harder than it needs to be?
If universities really want mature students with families to succeed they’ll need to completely rethink the traditional image of the “doctoral student”. Widening access isn’t enough, say Sue Cronshaw, Peter Stokes, and Alistair McCulloch
Read MoreThe Case for Women
Lesley Symons has 10 years of research on gender representation in business case studies. The results are astounding. In 2014, while studying at INSEAD in France, I noticed a lack of women leaders in the case papers I was reading. As a successful businesswoman with a history in senior leadership roles in global corporations,…
Read MoreBeyond misogyny: Our pathologically mean leaders
The #MeToo movement has unleashed a maelstrom of reports of inappropriate sexual behaviour. But, says Mark Lipton, what he calls the “Mean Men” syndrome has been responsible for equal, and sometimes even worse, wrongdoings. With the arrest of Harvey Weinstein and monthly firings of so many organisational leaders, we are witnessing a day of…
Read MoreWorking women: a path to success
Women have undoubtedly begun to make progress in their struggle for equality in career progression. But there is still a long way to go say Fiona Dent and Viki Holton. Here they offer women a number of practical tools, ideas and suggestions that will contribute to the management of their career success The past 10 years illustrate just how…
Read MoreGender: Ms—ed opportunities for business schools?
Gender equity has been an issue in business schools (and many other places) for a long time. But Dianne Bevelander and Michael Page wonder why it has taken so long to address it and what the way forward might be.
Read MoreHow Women can Navigate to Become Global Leaders
Fiona Dent and Viki Holton detail how organisations can help more women to become business leaders. It is clear to us from our own and others’ research that organisations and senior teams within them increasingly recognise the importance of the role of women in business and, indeed, see it as a key business imperative. There…
Read MoreMind the Gap
Research shows that the gender gap in faculty in European business schools is not closing. Lynn Roseberry suggests some reasons why and what can be done to improve it To say there is a gender gap among faculty at European business schools is an understatement. The average proportion of all full-time female faculty – not…
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